​Creating new ways of thinking, sharing information, and collaborating with different players in shipping is key to providing better services to owners and managers. This is why we are now participating in a cooperation agreement with TrustedDocks.com, which will bring value to owners and managers.

We sincerely believe that our joint efforts will give results directly or indirectly to our stakeholders’ increased profitability and productivity during operation, planning, and execution of dry-docking/ship repairs.

VesselMan chief executive Glenn Edvardsen and chief operating officer and founder Stig Linna estimate that shipowners globally are forced to carry out about 20,000 or more dry-dockings, costing in the region of $75bn. So they see the cloud-based software for dry-docking of their Oslo-based technology company, which has already signed up shipowners with around 300 vessels in total, as a digital “no-brainer”: It simplifies, organises and cuts costs either for single projects or for entire fleets simultaneously.

Edvardsen and Linna tell TradeWinds that VesselMan's clients should expect significant savings for these regulatory dry-dockings but also for repairs and retrofitting, such as installing scrubbers or ballast-water treatment. “In terms of saving money, it is the standardised process, the efficiency and the transparency, and we believe that an owner will be able to reduce costs by more than 10% on the dockings,” Linna says. “Basically, it’s about taking the way vessel management is done to the next level by using cloud-based collaboration."

​We are proud to announce that VesselMan has entered a contract with WindPartner Norway. WindPartner is an O & M focused service and package solutions provider to the offshore wind industry through ownership and operation of state-of-the-art SES Daughter Crafts and CTVs.​WindPartner provides a range of services to customers within the offshore wind industry including independent Client-integrated tasks and stand-alone projects, defining strategies and attacking technical and operational challenges with an innovative and solution-oriented mindset.

We are incredibly excited to announce our signing WindPartner Norway. With the indicated WindPartner expansion plans we can’t wait to see what the future brings!” ​- CEO, Glenn Edvardsen

The VesselMan Solution is a genuine cloud-based solution that provides a digital specification that is always available, based on best practice templates and flexible integration with 3rd party software.

We believe that one of the biggest digitalization opportunities in the maritime industry relates to improved ways of working and closer partnerships, based on distributed value-chains, lean processes and self-service operations. These initiatives, in turn, need to bed supported by modern, cloud-based maintenance solutions, which are easy to use and quick to implement.